host: delaware senator chris coons. some issues of what he said, the legitimacy of the court after this nomination, and concerns therein. guest: chris coons is a delaware senator. he is very close to joe biden. this is a message that is essential for the democratic party. trump is rushing this nomination in order to install a justice in ways that totally go against their philosophy in 2016 when republican said that for a vacancy this close to the election, the american people should have their say. through the ballot. as, this is going to be message that democrats drive hard this week. host: i am pushing this as a campaign issue president trump with the treat, "fdr's own party told them you could not pack the supreme court. now radical left democrats are pushing biden to do this." we will hear from james in memphis, tennessee. caller: good morning. [indiscernible] i think christie has all the right to nominate ms. barrett. i think the process itself is wrong. miss barrett would never get about -- never have got a vote t

. >> chris: we will talk with republican ben sasse and democrat chris coons, key members of the senate judiciary committee. plus, we will ask our sunday panel what democrats will try to do to block barrett's confirmation. and our "power player of the week," the former white house counsel credited as the architect of the president's judicial makeover. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. even by donald trump standards, there's a lot to cover this hour. the president held a public event yesterday just nine days after testing positive for covid-19 as doctors say he is no longer a transmission risk but did not say the president tested negative for the virus. hundreds attended that event on the south lawn, two weeks after a rose garden ceremony for a supreme court nominee that's now being called a super-spreader. tomorrow, that nominee, judge amy coney barrett, begins confirmation hearings in the senate and the president is headed back on the campaign trail, but not to a debate that was scheduled for this week, but then canceled. in a

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we're joined now by a very close ally of the former vice president, senator chris coons of delaware, former vice president's home state. thank you very much, senator, for joining us. just a little while ago, president trump really went after joe biden for that comment last night about transitioning the united states away from the oil industry. president trump said this could be one of the worst mistakes made in presidential debate history. was that an unforced error by joe biden? >> well, wolf, as you know, president trump who's back on the campaign trail and saying outrageous things at some of his big rallies he's holding today is taking this out of context chb. joe biden based on his climate plan is clearly committed to reducing the huge amount of federal tax subsidies that the oil industry gets and he made it clear last night, he believes that natural gas, other fossil fuels will play a role in a transition to a cleaner economy and will keep playing a role in our economy for some time to come. over the 30-year transition to a net zero carbon economy that joe biden is going to help

confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett spread we talked earlier this week that senator chris coons the democrat from delaware. were now joined by republican senator marsha blackburn,ac saturday good morning tong perry's >> good morning good to see a thank you. >> good to see you before we get to the substance of the confirmation hearings, can you just talk about what you have been told about how this process will work? the setup of the hearings amid heightened concerns about coronavirus into members on your side of the aisle, now testing positive. >> yes. we are going to continue with the rules committee, chairman blunts and ranking member amy klobuchar put in placement covid started. which is, there is an option for the committee that can function one of three ways. in person, virtual or a hybrid, which gives individuals and witnesses, members and witnesses the option of, attending the hearing either in person or virtually. we have had a 125 hybrid hearings in this senate since this took place, 21 of those have been judiciary committee. that is the model, the hybrid model. it is w

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chris coons said packing the courts. subject again. >> juan: it's not packing the court. they are forcing to get a conservative vote. >> dana: that's not packing the court. >> brian: dagen go ahead. >> juan: that is packing. pack something what you are talking. >> stacking and packing are different. >> dagen: this idea about adding additional justices to the court is not new and, in fact, it is written in a letter authored by sheldon whitehouse, mazie hirono, kirsten gillibrand. dick temperature bib and richard blumenthal threatening to, quote, restructure the court. which is exactly what they were threatening to do if the justices took up the second amendment rights case in new york. they threatened. that's why people know what they are up to now. >> brian: people bring it up this isn't right to be doing this with barrett. two separates questions which could be another segment and the fact that i went to a single means i should probably read the tease out. coming ucoming up next, presidep returned to the campaign trail

we talked earlier this week to senator chris coons from delaware. are somewhere joined now with republican senator marsha blackburn. good morning. guest: good to see you. talk about what you have been told about how this process will work? the set up of the hearing submit heightened concerns about coronavirus? two members on your side of the aisle on the judiciary committee testing positive? guest: we are going to continue with chairman blunt and ranking member amy klobuchar, the rules they put in place when covid started. there is an option for the committee to function in one of three ways. in person, virtual, or a hybrid number which gives individuals and witnesses, members and witnesses, the option of attending the hearing in person or virtually. we have had 125 hybrid hearings in the senate since this took place. 21 have been judiciary committee. that is the hybrid model, what we will use for the hearings next week. they begin on monday, they will finish on thursday. we will then begin the process of voting her from committee. we will take the

joining me now, a close friend of biden's, democratic senator chris coons, also a member of the senates, thanks for joining us. we have a lot to get to. first, i want to get your reaction to what you hard from the president's senior adviser, lara trump, even we she said, and is not qualified to diagnosis such a thing, that vice president biden suffered a cognitive decline. >> thanks for the opportunity to be on, jake. that was just a remarkable statement by lara trump. unfounded. inappropriate. when you pressed her about the michigan rally in which president trump was encouraging folks to chant "lock her up" in response to governor whitmer being threatened by more than a dozen folks who have now been arrested by the fbi, domestic terrorists who were threatening to kidnap her and potentially kill her, her comment was he was just having fun. if that means that for our president fun is fuelling division and encouraging folks to say and do things that are threatening and completely inappropriate, well, that's a reminder of what kind of current president we have. in sharp contrast to joe bi

-- first of all, chris coons is an incredible legislator and leader. secondly, my middle name is blunt, so i don't have a problem being blunt with my intentions and what i'm focused on. i am really focused on joe biden getting elected. i'm hopeful i will be reelected by delaware on tuesday. i worked really hard to get on the energy and commerce committee in the house and those subcommittees. subcommittee,alth consumer protection and commerce. i believe in a biden administration, in my role in the congress, and also as the whip. i'm part of the whip operation with jim clyburn. i could be very helpful moving things like dealing with the pandemic and climate change, which are two of the issues we hear about. i'm also a person of faith. faith, i listen to go where you are called. right now, the thing i hear is -- your plan. my focus, my goal is to get joe biden elected. hypothetical or down the road, but right now, my focus is to win, joe to win. bob: it seems to be blunt to steal your phrase -- based on your answer, you would lean more towards staying in

>> kennedy: thank you so much, yes, chris coons is very close to joe biden, and they like to talk about packing and dick durbin said no, what is that mean? it's on. the problem is there are people like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who are not on board with changing the senate rules and getting rid of the filibuster, dianne feinstein, same thing. some of those multi-term senators really feel like that protocol is necessary and all the senators who are facing tight races on the republican side, there democrat challenges of come out and said yeah, we are not for court packing either because they are obviously in swing states that are not far left. although the progressives are very, very loud, the commies may not get their way on this one. >> harris: you know it so interesting, jason, it sounds like from either republicans or democrats who are not so far to the left, the popular idea is not to pack the court. joe biden says he wants to be everybody's president from all america. why wouldn't he just say what he would do as president, we know what he might do as a college professor because

morning, wednesday chris coons discusses of upcoming supreme court confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett. then, they look at senator kamala harris's record, with the san francisco chronicle. and author and former indianapolis star journalist andrea neal will join us to talk about the record of vice president mike pence. also, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and response with the bipartisan policy center chief medical advisor. live atshington journal 7:00 eastern wednesday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. compromiseto reach a on another coronavirus relief bill have come to an end without any resolution at the president trump instructed white house officials today to stop negotiating until after the election. he made the announcement in a series of tweets where he accused house speaker nancy pelosi of not negotiating in good faith. the associated press reports this latest move from the president comes after federal reserve chairman jerome powell warned earlier tuesday that the economic recove

joining me now is democratic senator chris coons, who is a big supporter of the biden campaign.or, thanks so much for being with us. let me read you a little bit of cnn's reporting on what's going on in the senate in regards though this relief package. at a closed-door lunch on tuesday, he said he warned the white house against getting behind such a proposal before november 3rd that would badly divide senate republicans. so mcconnell isn't jumping up and down about this. what do you want this morning? >> john, i want us to make real progress towards delivering relief for the millions of americans who are suffering through this pandemic, who are struggling through this recession. both of which have been made far worse than they ever should have been by president trump's bungled mishandling of this public health crisis. we have more than 25 million americans on unemployment right now. more than 8 million americans infected. more than 220,000 americans dead. this is a public health crisis of epic proportions and our economy is barely hanging on, because of the unanimous support of

senator chris coons was asked formerly of the veeps schedule. >> take a listen to joe biden. he had a whole day with any public events with less than three weeks to go. >> well, jake, joe biden takes no votes for granted. both joe biden and kamala harris have crisscrossed the country campaigning in critical decisive swing states. >> not the way that president trump is campaigning. >> there is this new article in "the washington post" that says that -- rather "the hill" rather that suggests the team biden new strategy is to run out the clock. is that the right strategy? or should biden be out on the campaign trail more, especially as you want to counter president trump as he ramps up his schedule? >> well, look. let me start by saying i don't think the strategy is to run out the clock. i don't think anybody that has been involved in this campaign thinks the best thing to do is stand over to the side and dribble the wall. you saw this from the biden campaign. they're worried about complacency. they're putting out that memo that says, look, this race isn't 12 points, this race i

joining me right now, delaware senator chris coons, a democratic member of the judiciary committee.or, awfully glad to see you on this really important sunday. first we, is there anything left for the democrats to do as they prepare to head into this session or will judge barrett be confirmed as justice barrett? >> alex, we continue to reach out to the american people and urge them to communicate to republican senators just how inappropriate it is to be racing through this rushed process to confirm a partisan nominee. but beyond that, beyond public pressure, beyond the impact on republican senators who are facing re-election, there is little else we can do at this point. we've used a series of procedural maneuvers to try to slow or deflect this and we've made direct appeals to our republican colleagues. but as you were just covering, even those who were previously expressing opposition to this process are signaling they may well ultimately vote to confirm her. alex, what i'm really concerned about is that i'm ceding judge barrett will open a new chapter in conservative judicial acti

joining me is a close friend of biden's chris coons and a member of the senate judiciary committee.heard from president's senior adviser lara trump when she said she is not qualified to diagnose such a thing but that president biden suffers from a cognitive decline. >> thank you for a chance to be on, jake. that was a remarkable statement by lara trump. obviously unfounded and inappropriate. what i also found particularly troubling when you pressed her about the michigan rally at which president trump was encouraging folks to chant "lock her up" in response to governor whitmer being threatened by more than a dozen folks who have now been arrested by the fbi, domestic terrorists who were threatening to potentially kidnap and paenotentially kill . his comment was she was just having fun. if having fun is just encouraging folks to say and do things that are threatening and completely inappropriate, that is a reminder of what kind of president we currently have. in sharp contrast to joe biden, someone who can and will bring our country together. >> let's talk about the campaign and a me

senator chris coons.remarkable time for a lot of different reasons, but thank you for taking time to help us explain this all tonight. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you, rachel. >>> all right, i'll tell you, one of the things that the democratic leader, chuck schumer, said on the floor of the senate tonight was, "the next time the american people give democrats a majority in this chamber," meaning in the senate, "you," meaning you republicans," will have forfeited the right to tell us how to run that majority." what senator coons is talking about there, in terms of rebalancing the courts, is what democrats are talking about. and they've tried to demonize this issue in the presidential race, calling it court-packing and all of these different things. but over the past eight years, mitch mcconnell in particular, and the republicans in the senate in general, have embarked on a radical transformation of the judiciary, and they did it through cut-throat tactics and radical, radical hypocrisy. if democrats j

joining us now is democratic senator chris coons a member of the senate judiciary committee who willquestioning amy coney barrett today and we will get to that in a moment, senator, but because you are such a dedicated joe biden friend and support, let's just talk about what the former vvp is doing on the campaign trial because those white working class male voters are president trump's biggest base of support. so it seems that joe biden is going after them and is there evidence that that is working at the moment? >> yes, one of the reasons i was excited when joe first came to me and said he was considering getting into the race for 2020 was because of who he is, his background, his character, his faith, his experience growing up in a blue collar working community in scranton, pennsylvania, and in delaware. joe has never forgotten where he is from. he has always stood with the men and women of organized labor and he has always fought hard for the working class. somehow donald trump persuaded middle america that this guy who lives in a gilded tower on fifth avenue actually now lives i

claire mccaskill, i found that chart of chris coons. and i thought, how come i didn't see that sooner. that, to me, i thought a very effective way of very easy to consume, you want to understand what this switch means, here you go. i thought it was -- i thought it was something i wonder, boy, should we have seen this sooner from the democratic side of theively. > the isle. >> perhaps, i think the focus on health care is important. i think they made real headway there. >> i think they did, too. >> this nominee really messed up yesterday when she tried to contend that she didn't know donald trump would be able to have the supreme court over turn the aba. she was on the short stick, of course she knew that. then she wrote a letter, at the inaugural, hey, look at me, i'll overturn it. and the other thing that bugged me, chuck, ben sasse righteous about democratic judges and give me a break. because of mitch mcconnell, he took it to a majority. there are always going to be republican and democratic judges. that happened with ben sasse and th

. >> bret: a little bit later chris coons but we will set the stage look a little different side thanhe first presidential debate. >> here in the debate hole for the vice presidential debate getting ready, you can see the difference in the plexiglass between candidates and the three desks, vice president pence stae left and senator harris stage right and susan page, the moderator in the middle. there are additional precautions in the hall, the tests, the masts and over my shoulder, surrounded by plexiglass, that is new. they are being extra careful with covid-19 out of this big debate wednesday night. our show continues after this. ♪ (driver vo) when i started this commute, everyone said i was crazy. so fifteen years ago, i got my first subaru and i did it anyway. my outback always got me there. so when it was time, of course i got a new one. because my kids still need me. and i need them. (avo male) welcome to the 2020 subaru outback. the most reliable outback ever. go where love takes you. (avo female) get 0% apr financing for 63 months on select new 2020 models. now through novembe

i will turn it over to my good friend chris coons. sen. coons: thank you. why are we here? it is a mystery within easy answer. -- with an easy answer. it is because the affordable health care act is on the ballot and the docket. i represent people in delaware and 340,000 of us have pre-existing conditions. carrie in middletown is one of them. she and her daughter have pre-existing conditions. before the aca, she and her daughter would have found it difficult to afford quality cows -- health care. when we talked about this last week, she said to me, seriously? i thought that was settled. it was. ofht years ago, a majority the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the affordable care act, but president trump has made it blindingly clear, publicly and repeatedly, that he only intended to nominate someone who would overturn the affordable care act. that will throw into chaos the lives of millions of americans. in some ways, most importantly, given that we are talking about filling the seat made, vacant by justice ginsburg's passing, a key provision of the aca prevents d

politics is like if i look at my friend chris coons, and i say "listen up, jack wagon, what you want to do on this bill is going to be way too expensive and my bankrupt our kids," or if chris looks back at me and says, "listen up, jack wagon, you are too much of a cheapskate, and you are investing in the next generation," that is a really important debate. that is not civics. thans is more important that. civics does not change every 18 to 24 months because the electoral whims change or because polling changes. i think it is important that we help our kids understand that politics is the legitimate stuff we fight about, and civics is the place we pull back and say, "wait a minute, we have things that are in common, and before we fight about politics, let's reaffirm some of our civics." i would like to have a basic grammar of fit civics for five minutes. one thing we should all agree on and two things we show disagree with, three things we are in favor of into things we agree on that we should all reject. first, a positive, grand, unifying truth about america, and that is religious lib

>>but what the president who has nominated you has said delaware senator chris coons says he worrieshat established precedents could change. judge barrett says that is not her intention i just don't think there's any evidence to suggest. >>in there trying to burn up to 600 biomes of the united states reports there on the shelf i don't have an agenda in that regard. kuehn says barrett track record could bring a wave of conservative policy changes, my core concern here your honor is that your confirmation may launching new chapter. >>of conservative judicial activism unlike anything we've seen in decades while democrats expressed concerns about future rulings republicans say they're treating judge barrett unfairly. >>they don't have anything in your record that they could use to so badly misconstrued to suggest you're somehow going to fundamentally change america. missouri senator josh hawley says it is wrong to expect a berry. >>to be a copy of past conservative justices i was under the impression that you are a different person the justice scalia and that you had in your own words, y

we shouldn't be having this hearing with 2 members of the committee infected with covid democrat chris coons calls it. the latest example of how republicans are rushing berets confirmation. but republican ted cruz argues democrats will do anything to delay the process i hope don't see senate democrats. >>turning it into a political circus like they did with justice kavanaugh democrat dick durbin says they will focus on how their it could vote to overturn the affordable care act when it appears before the justice as next month will trying to drive home the american people is this makes a difference in your life but republican ben sasse argues lawmakers can't predict how bear overall when she puts on her black robe in the morning she knows what it is to be a judge and that is to cloak your personal preference as the senate is expected to vote on berreth's confirmation the week before election day. and the issue of health care is expected to take center stage during this week's hearings along with how barrett could potentially rule on cases related to abortion. >>and contesting the presidential

jake tapper brought up my goodness you cannot say when chris coons says he has not been working veryon the campaign trail. you cannot take saturday off do. one appear once on sunday. and take four days off and say you are working hard on the campaign trail. that's your tactic. see how it works four. reince priebus who i'm happy to see is back for the trump people. ease i don't know 00 polls. they are complicated. there are some things happening there that were not happening before. one of which the president is 30 points ahead in rural parts of wisconsin and minnesota. and that's very hard to quantify and they don't seem to show up in the polls. we will see what happens because it's very similar to what we saw in 2016. but we know with the pandemic everything has changed. so one area in which no question democrats benefit they have outraised republicans all across the country from senate to congressional races. so the president presidential race four to 1. 432 million cash in hand for biden. 251 for trump there could be a big announcement today for the trump campaign. meanwhile a bus

host: delaware senator chris coons.e issues of what he said, the legitimacy of the court after this nomination, and concerns therein. guest: chris coons is a delaware senator. he is very close to joe biden. this is a message that is essential for the democratic party. trump is rushing this nomination in order to install a justice in ways that totally go against their philosophy in 2016 when republican said that for a vacancy this close to the election, the american people should have their say. through the ballot. as, this is going to be message that democrats drive hard this week. host: i am pushing this as a campaign issue president trump with the treat, "fdr's own party told them you could not pack the supreme court. now radical left democrats are pushing biden to do this." we will hear from james in memphis, tennessee. caller: good morning. [indiscernible] i think christie has all the right to nominate ms. barrett. i think the process itself is wrong. miss barrett would never get about -- never have got a vote throu

. >> laura: senator chris coons tried to tarnish the reputations of barrett and the late justice scalia. >> justice scalia's philosophy is significant but i also think you've made it clear that it's largely your philosophy. if justice scalia had had his way we would be in a very different country with regards to gender discrimination. >> i hope you aren't suggesting that i don't have my own mind or that i couldn't think independently or that i would decide, let me see what justice scalia has set about this in the past. i assure you i have my own mind. >> laura: oh. funny, i didn't hear commentators on cnn or msnbc charge senator coons with mansplaining to judge barrett. why is that? i think senator marsha blackburn summed it up best. >> they projected stereotypes onto you. though stereotypes are what they think about us as women on the political right. and they enjoy being able to mock and to ridicule and to diminish and to demean. to them, it is political suppo support. political support. it's the politics of destruction. >> laura: joining me as jonathan turley. robert done and former

advisor laura trump, he will also speak to the senate judiciary committee members, then sass and chris coons. that coverage also tomorrow. that is it for us. gregg ever watch the homage raise the bar and? me neither but it's impressive. anyone in town pages and help like joe biden's campaign. so many people lending a hand to help them stand up long enough to cross the finish line and they are all in the media. but we all know the press can see their own doses. study is show journalist vote democrat nine times out of 10 out there deciding the election for turning up the heat hoping for trust of there's nothing left for journalism was once a profession but now it's another dirty jeptoo checkout this. the one thing we now know for certain is that politics is superseding. >> i'm watching the parade with him in the car. that was right out at the dictator's playbook. >> trump has deployed the politics of sickness in this campaign. >> at the president is experiencing steroid induced psychosis but it's concerning to see some of this action today. some at the response has been homicidal negligence. h

. >> your colleague in congress, senator chris coons has been a biden supporter for a long time. there is a lot of talk in washington -- washington, d.c. based on my own reporting that senator cowan's could end up in the biden administration, some kind of high-ranking posts. if he left the senate in the coming year or so, would you run for his open seats? you trying to do some breaking news story here? answer,looking for an representave. incredibleons is an legislator. my middle name is blunt so i do not have a problem being blunt about my intentions and what i amam focused on. i really afocused on joe biden getting elected. i am hopeful i wl be reelected by delaware on tuesday as well and i worked really hard to get on the energy and commerce committee and the house and onto four of those subcommittees, the health committee, energy and climate change. i am also on consumer protection and commerce, and i believe in a biden administration and my role in the congress and also as the wind. i am part of the web operation with j clyburn i could be helpful on moving things like dealing

here is the moderate senator chris coons of delaware doing just that. >> facebook and twitter have policiesot to spread things that are utterly unreliable, that have been debunked and where their origin is untrustworthy. they are practicing their own internal controls as i wish they had over the past four years. if they had been more selective about what they posted in 2016 -- don't take my word for it, listen to the head of the fbi. an active russian disinformation campaign in 2016 had an influence on that election, they are trying even harder in this election, i'm glad they are managing the content on their own website. >> tucker: that man is a liar. not one word of "this story has been debunked, not one word in those emails has been debunked and if it is debunked, we will be the first to report it's because we are not liars but did you catch the phrase he wanted you to hear? russian disinformation. that's what they are claiming these emails are and it's all over the internet, conspiracy laden conjecture crazier than anything the q people thought of but lunatic lies about russia is ever c

chris coons is a member of the judiciary committee and he says republicans have been trying it pack the courts for years >>> look at that and say the republicans have played fast and loose with the rules in order to jam two partisan nam niece onto the court. that is the equivalent of packing the court with folks by coloring outside the lines. >> a new york times poll says that fewer than uninsured of voters are against packing the supreme court. you need a two-thirds vote of both the house and senate and 38 stating to along. this likely won't happen soon. focus in the senate is to confirm amy coney barrett in a week or less >>>. >> president trump: she is phenomenal. she's become a star, the way she answered questions, the mind, her background, her intellect. >> here is the time table, they're going to try to get it out of the judiciary committee on thursday. martha maccallum can start debate on this friday, they would have a procedural vote to cut off a filibuster and a vote on monday or tuesday >> harris: thank you very much. for the more on this i want to bring in ken starr, former t

we're joined by senator chris coons of delaware. senator, thank you for joining us.hearing all day, senate democrats are facing some serious criticism for what some view was a cautious approach to questioning judge barrett is. there anything more your party could have done to oppose her nomination over the past few days? >> no, wolf. we used every procedural tool we had available. frankly, i thought we launched a very coordinated, focused, capable challenge. both to judge barrett's legal philosophy, her writings, to demonstrate her impact and we worked tirelessly to make it clear to the american people what's at risk, what's at stake. both what's at the -- on the docket of the supreme court, what are the cases that are coming up soon? where having her seated might make a dramatic difference in the lives of the average american and what's on the ballot. democrats focused on real people from our home states, who would be denied coverage if the affordable care act were reversed or repealed. that's on the docket of the supreme court a week after the election, which is ju

it's your colleague across the aisle, chris coons, the democrat from delaware.nin scalia clone when it came to deciding issues, and here's the back and forth. watch this. >> if justice scalia had had his way, we'd be a very different country with regards to genderrer discrimination. and one of justice ginsburg's most celebrated decisions in 1996 in the case involving virginia military institute. i'm just getting at how closely you would ally yourself with justice scalia's jurisprudence. >> i do share the originalist, but in the litany of cases you've just identified, i hope you aren't suggesting that i don't have my own mind, that i couldn't think independently or i would just decide, well, let me see what justice scalia has said about this in the past. i assure you, i have my own mind. is. steve: what was senator coons trying to do, and what did she do? >> well, look, they fried to throw -- tried to throw some rocks at judge barrett. the big news out of yesterday is that the democrats surrendered, that they've given up. by mud day they were all gone -- midday t

ben sasse from the senate judiciary committee and chris coons also on that committee. eck your local listings on fox for chris wallace. judge barrett's confirmation hearings happen monday. we'll have live coverage. i mentioned this. i want to show people how many in-person and absentee ballots have been cast as of october 8. in 2016, there were 57 million cast. many people expected this number to go way up. could be 80 million or plus. it's anybody's guess. early voting right now is a real thing. i show you the general election here. give you one state right now where we see this becoming prominent. you go to -- let's take the state of wisconsin from 2016. you know how close this race was. the president winning it less than a point. hillary clinton and donald trump, 1.7 million votes cast four years ago. here's the advanced vote in the state of wisconsin to date as of october 9. ballots requested 2.5 million. ballots rounds, 614,000. early voting doesn't start for another week or so in wisconsin. you're at 10% of the total advanced turnout in wisconsin. for comparison's

mantra from so many democrats and sheldon white house has his eye on running judiciary, he and chris coons too are open to packing the court. you watch. >> katie: if senator white house gets it, brian, we'll need lots of taxpayer money for charts. >> brian: on this whole thing, i believe in the big picture you can look back at what republicans did for sotomayor and kagan. they knot voted through. no one was screaming at them. no one was diminishing them. i don't think lindsey graham -- >> marie: not merrick garland. >> brian: no one was screaming at him. >> dagen: chief john roberts, moderate -- all of the last democratic candidates for president voted against him starting with john kerry. >> katie: senator graham said he has credibility on the issue because he's voted for democratic nominee: more "outnumbered" in a moment. interest rates have dropped to record lows. "outnumbered" in a moment. more "outnumbered" in a moment. .mor outnumbered" in a moment. more moment. without getting your home appraised, and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and e

with two more justices on that court, you could just as well put chris coons and amy klobuchar on themes a subsidiary of the politics of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. i think that was clearly evident at this hearing and something that the american people got a better appreciation of. paul: kim, what do you think the impact of this nomination had been on the election? a couple of joni ernst's and lindsey graham on the committee, both running very tight a races. could this them? >> oh, absolutely. you saw them really trying to performance to this nominee. and in the process making the case to republican voters, look, this is one of the important jobs that we serve in the senate. if trump were to be reelected, we're going to be there to make sure he continues to be able to put through his judges. by the way, if joe biden is elected, we're a potential check on some of those crazier ideas that democrats are talking about. so you're going to see them out there making that case on the ground and showing clips of their performance here. but i think that there's some potential too for the tr

expanding the supreme court and one of those talking about it was on the judiciary committee , chris coons . i want to tell you what he says about that topic and your response . if there is confirmed democrats win the senate would you vote to expand the number of justices on the supreme court if it came up for a vote. is that something you'd be in favor of? >> guest: like joe biden i'm not a fan of expanding the court but we had a few weeks to see whether there are four republicans who will step back from the precipice . it is president trump who has pressed for this nominee to can have a key vote to overturn the affordable care act in the middle of a pandemic. it is the republican majority that's responsible for raising forward with its extreme, unqualified nominee, unqualified because of her extreme judicial philosophy and that's who should be bearing the brunt at the ballot box in this election . that they're doing this to get someone on the court just prin time a week after the election to take away critical healthcare protections from a majority of americans . we need to focus on that

chris coons says joe biden wouldn't change a court right away. >> he wants to create if elected a bipartisan commission to look at our federal court. and that's how we address some of the imbalance in our entire federal judiciary that have resulted from actions by the republican majority. >> now the size of the supreme court is set by law, it has been at nine justices since 1869. here's the problem. if they try to pack the court or change the size of the supreme court, what you have to do first is eliminate the filibuster. those two things go hand-in-hand. they have to kill off the filibuster so democrats have controlled the senate and the via legislation change the size of the court. >> as we are doing for the last two hours covering a lot of breaking news with the candidates, seven days to go. you can see marine one landing at joint base andrews with onboard the president of the united states and of the first lady as they are about to board as soon as they get off that helicopter. air force one where they will head to the first of several states and rallies campaigning. crisscross saying a

senator chris coons was the first democrat to announce today he is not voting for judge barrett's nomination how closely you would ally yourself with justice scalia's jurisprudence. >> i hope that you aren't suggesting that i don't have my own mind. >> president trump did not nominate you to carry on justice ginsburg's legacy. he nominated you because he wants to undermine or change or shift that legacy. do how you just acknowledge that your confirmation, even though you won't be identical to justice scalia, will profoundly impact the balance of the court? >> i very much agree with senator sasse that we shouldn't talk about republican judges and democratic judges, because i think they're just judges. >> reporter: and, lou, even though judge barrett is wrapping up round two or day two of questioning with no prepared notes, she did make a comment showing that she is just like us. she admitted yesterday after a long day of questions she did need a glass of wound to unwind. lou? lou: well, it -- [laughter] just like us. i'm trying to think how many iq points separate -- well, i'll put it this wa

talking with ben and democrat chris coons.mplete coverage on monday for the start of those hearings. thanks for inviting us into your home, that's it for "special report." fair, balanced, and still unafraid. "the story" hosted by martha maccallum with a few extra seconds on a friday starting right now. hey, martha. >> martha: thank you, we look forward to seeing you monday morning as hearings kick off. in the meantime, hello, everybody. a good evening to you i martha maccallum and this is a "the story." next week, virtual presidential debates is now completely virtual and not going to happen at all. not wasting his time on a remote debates and his campaign is here to respond and talk about the way forward for them in moments. the debate season is in turmoil. will there be more presidential face-offs as both candidates scramble to reach voters with 25 days to go, folks? millions of people have already voted and what could end up to be a complicated election. even today, you had 50,000 absentee ballots that had to be reprinted i

this morning on state of the union, trump campaign and the senior adviser, lara trump and senator chris coons and jb pritzker. and the insiders, a warning from former trump officials. airing sunday, 9:00 p.m. and midnight. our coverage on cnn continues right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we're following breaking news. a sobering new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the united states has now confirmed more than 8 million cases. that's more than any other country in the world, and one million of them in just the last three weeks. also, tonight, the death toll has topped 218,000 people here in the u.s. but president trump campaigning in florida, spreading new misinformation about the greatest public health crisis in this country in a century. he's falsely claiming that the u.s. is, quote, rounding the turn in the pandemic, even as experts forecast that tens of thousands more americans will die from covid-19 in the coming months. the president's hope for a vaccine before